Autostichidae Research Articles

Genus Apethistis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae: Autostichinae) new to China, with description of four new species.

The genus Apethistis Meyrick, 1908 is recorded for the first time in China. Four new species are described: A. sinuata sp. nov., A. uncinata sp. nov., A. dentata sp. nov., and A. triangula sp. nov. Images of adult and genitalia of the new species are provided.

Taygete sphecophila (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera; Autostichidae): redescription of the adult, description of the larva and pupa, and impact on Polistes wasps (Hymenoptera; Vespidae) nests in the Galapagos Islands

Bernard LANDRY (BL)1, David ADAMSKI (DA)2, Patrick SCHMITZ (PS)3, Christine E. PARENT (CEP)4 & Lazaro ROQUE-ALBELO (LR)5 1 Museum d'histoire naturelle, C.P. 6434, 1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland. E-mail: bernard.landry@ville-ge.ch 2 Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, NHB E523, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA. E-mail: dadamski@sel.barc.usda.gov 3 Museum d'histoire naturelle, C.P. 6434, 1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland. E-mail: patrick.schmitz@ville-ge.ch 4 Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British-Colombia V5A 1S6, Canada. E-mail: cparent@sfu.ca 5 Department of Entomology, Charles Darwin Research Station, Casilla 17-01-3891, Quito, Ecuador; Biodiversity and Ecological Processes Research Group, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF10 3TL, United Kingdom. E-mail: lazaro@fcdarwin.ec.org